I woke up
this morning
with my
usual SMILE,
But I have
something
NEW,
and it took a
WHILE.
For no one noticed this
CHANGE
right away,
But there
was a TOOTH
in my GRIN
today!
Lately, I haven’t been posting as often as I’d like, but I’m just having too much fun with my boys to take time out to write. I still desperately need your votes though. Please?? 😉
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Grae Baby,
6 months old! That’s quite a milestone, Mister Man. Actually, there have been quite a few milestones already! You are eating solid foods- not willingly yet- but we are trying, nonetheless. So far, you have just tried rice cereal and bananas. You do, however, LOVE water. And, not only are you drinking water, you are drinking it out of a sippee cup- ALL BY YOURSELF! Its pretty cool, I’m not going to lie. I’m getting excited to start making some homemade baby food for you using our new Baby Bullet. 🙂
You have really mastered sitting up all by yourself now, and you can even hold yourself up on all fours, like you are going to crawl off into the sunset. You love to jump up and down while Daddy or I hold you in a standing position.
You grab anything and everything you can get your little paws on- including Daddy’s spaghetti covered in red marinara sauce- which resulted in red marinara sauce all over Mommy’s white carpet. 😉 Its okay though- I’ll cherish that stain forever. (Let’s just try not to make a habit of it, eh?!)
The best part of this age SO FAR- You have started giving open-mouth kisses and when I’m kissing you on the cheek, you lean into it and wont let me stop. 🙂 Promise me you’ll always love Mommy kisses, okay? 😉
I LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK, Grae!
Happy 6 months!
Love,
Mommy
Oh, where oh where does time go?
And, DON’T YOU DARE SAY INTO G’s CHUNKY THIGHS 😉
Today is the perfect day to say that I am eternally grateful and blessed for my amazing Mother, aunts and grandmothers that have helped me become who I am. I’m proud to know the amazing women who raised Ian to be the caring, generous man he is. And, I am so thankful that my son will get to experience the love and wisdom of all of these women combined.
Aren’t Mamas the perfect gift?
Happy Mother’s Day to all Grandmas, Great Grandmothers, Mommas, Mothers-to-be, future mommies… I hope you all have a wonderful day.
I LOVE YOU, Mom!
When Ian and I got married, we chose our first dance song off an old Train album- never having heard the song played on the radio before. When we told people what song were going to dance to, no one knew it. A week after we got married, rights for the song had been released and it was being played every couple of minutes on the radio. We were so disappointed that our special song became so mainstream, not to mention, one of the most popular wedding songs of the year.
When we finally settled on a name for our baby boy, we didn’t know a single ‘Graeson’. Not from celebrities, not in real life, not from friends of friends. Our ambition was to choose a simple, yet artful and unique name for our son-not completely “made up”, but, at the same time, we wanted him to be the only Grae in his school. A few weeks ago, however, it was brought to my attention that I should check out the “Most Popular Baby Names of 2012 List”.
Sure enough…
Not that I’m surprised. It is a real fine name. 😉
Yesterday, I was surprised with the most wonderful package on my doorstep– a “Happy First Mother’s Day” gift from the most wonderful Aunt a girl could ask for. For some reason, it hadn’t hit me that this will be my first TRUE Mother’s Day. I feel like I’ve been Grae’s Mommy for as long as I’ve been alive myself. I simply cannot imagine a time when he wasn’t a part of our lives. Last year at this time, I was 3 months pregnant and we had our three foster daughters living with us. Wow. Just one year later and so much has changed.
In addition to a beautiful card and a DELICIOUS recipe book (that I can’t wait to try every single recipe out of), the package included a children’s book called “If I Could Keep You Little.” It’s a beautiful story about growing up. I have really been an emotional basket case struggling at how fast my perfect, helpless baby boy is turning into this sweet, funny little boy with a personality and opinions all of his own. This story helped me see that if I could stop time, and keep him as a baby forever, like I’ve wished a million times, I would miss out on so many equally amazing things.
I couldn’t even get through it the first time I attempted to read it to G. Late last night, I started reading it to him again, and by the end, my voice was cracking and big tears were streaming down my cheeks.
It really is the most beautiful story and I will cherish it forever.
Ian graduated today!! We are so proud of him (and quite excited to be closing the door to that chapter of his life). Working hard and being a full time student at the same time cannot be fun. Not too many people could handle it… I know I couldn’t. Looking on the positive side- now, no matter how long I make his “Honey-Do List,” he’ll think its a piece of cake compare to what he’s been living for the last few years. 🙂 We love you!!
Tizzle Time 🙂
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G hasn’t been sleeping much lately. I’m not sure if he’s teething, growing, or has just decided that sleeping is for the birds. He wakes around 3:00am with no desire to sleep again until I stick him in the car for our ride to work.
Its amazing how much we have been able to accomplish running on so little sleep. Except, household chores have become last on my list of priorities. Dizzle and I will clean, dust, vacuum, and organize each weekend, and a couple of hours later, we wonder why it looks as if we did nothing.
However, despite the mess and utter exhaustion, I wake up every day feeling so grateful for my beautiful family. This is what life is all about.
My fourth grade student WON Uncle Ben’s Rice Kids Cooking Competition today- WHICH MEANS a 50,000 dollar cafeteria makeover for our school and $20,000 for herself!! 🙂 YAY!! Super proud of you, Syd!
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Hi Baby Boy,
You are now 5 months old and conquering new feats every day! We gave you rice cereal for the first time- you LOVED it and GOBBLED it up. You learned how to sit up on the floor unassisted- balancing with your hands out to both sides! This is even more exciting because we have discovered that you can now sit in a grocery cart by yourself and even in restaurant high chairs.
You can pick moving objects up off the floor and pass them from hand to hand (after, of course, putting it in your mouth a time or two). We think there is a good chance you might skip crawling all together and just start walking because your little, chunky legs are so strong. Your sudden interest in the outside world sometimes makes feeding you a challenge (and that’s putting it mildly). I think you know your name and are starting to learn fun games of cause and effect. You are also starting to get a little leery of strangers. The lady at Sam’s Club makes you cry when she talks to you.
You are still the happiest, most laid back baby.
I didn’t know it was possible to love anyone or anything as much as I love you. And, as much as I HATE how fast you are growing up, I wouldn’t trade this age for the world.
XOXO,
Mommy
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